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Sheet of Stencilled Calligraphy19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Vertical woodcut or linocut print densely packed with cream-on-black motifs including stylized mask-like faces, Arabic script, frog figures, floral forms, and a large crowned face at center
Title
Sheet of Stencilled Calligraphy
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
19th-early 20th century
Medium
Color washes on paper
Dimensions
23 13/16 x 17 5/8 in. (60.5 x 44.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.68
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Binney, Edwin, 3rd. "Turkish Arts of the Book in the Binney Collection." Arts of Asia 17, no.6 (Nov/Dec 1987): 97-104.